Primary business function: Health, fitness, well being. The business offers a full-scale Pilates studio as well as cardio machines and spin classes.

Brief business history: The Pilates Center has been in business since August of 2006. It started in a 650- square-foot space in the basement of Ballet Ettudes on Wall Street in Norwalk. The new location on West Avenue is larger. It moved there in May 2008.

Greatest accomplishment: "Running a marathon and running a successful business all by myself," Mongeluzo said.

Company's guiding philosophy: "Our philosophy is we make sure that we can accommodate anyone who walks in our door. That's why we're open seven days a week," Mongeluzo said. "We will move our schedule around to fit yours. And we offer many different classes at so many different times. A client will always be able to get into one."

Complete this thought: This is a great business to be in because ... "I love making people who are in pain feel better," Mongeluzo said. "It's the greatest feeling when someone comes in and tells me they finally have no back pain or their pants are fitting a little loser in the waist.

"We enjoy seeing the smiles on our clients face's when they're telling us these stories.

"It's also a great escape for a lot of people," she added. "It's a personal and warm environment. It's also less stressful than a gym for a lot of people who may be intimidated by the big gym atmosphere, yet we can also bring it to the same level as the big gym if necessary. It's not just Pilates, we mix in a lot of sports conditioning and functional training. We are a multi-faceted studio. It's also a real fun place to work and a fun place to workout."